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First Light Diagnostics (United States)

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Research works
15
▲ 97% vs 2018-21
Citations
80
5.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
57%
world 40%
International
40%
world 18%
First Light Diagnostics (United States)

Not ranked overall: First Light Diagnostics (United States) is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does First Light Diagnostics (United States) work in?

In all years, 55% of research at First Light Diagnostics (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 21% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (23%), Medicine (19%), Physics and Astronomy (15%).

Physical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 54.6% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 23.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 6.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 6.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 15.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 6.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 6.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 6.5% of its workBioengineering: 1 fractional works · 6.5% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 20.6% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 18.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 7.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 16.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 9.7% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 5.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 8.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 6.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKFirst LightDiagnostics…15fractional works, all years
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences55%Health Sciences21%Social Sciences8%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering423.0%
    2. Physics and Astronomy215.4%
    3. Chemical Engineering16.5%
    4. Materials Science14.5%
    5. Environmental Science02.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences01.4%
    7. Mathematics01.1%
    8. Computer Science00.5%
    9. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Medicine318.9%
    2. Nursing01.1%
    3. Health Professions00.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology29.7%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology02.8%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences02.1%
    4. Neuroscience02.1%
    1. Arts and Humanities16.5%
    2. Psychology00.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.5%
    4. Social Sciences00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.93× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.38× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.46× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.89× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.99× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.60× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.87× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 9.66× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 4.50× its world share, 0 worksNursingEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 9.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy9.66×2 works
  2. Nursing4.50×0 works
  3. Materials Science2.60×1 works
  4. Engineering1.99×2 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.89×0 works
  6. Mathematics1.87×0 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.46×0 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.38×1 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.93×0 works
  10. Medicine0.70×1 works
  11. Psychology0.58×0 works
  12. Health Professions0.49×0 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.41×0 works
  14. Chemistry0.12×0 works
  15. Computer Science0.11×0 works
  16. Environmental Science0.04×0 works
  17. Social Sciences0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at First Light Diagnostics (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Thomas C. Williams lead among researchers whose main affiliation is First Light Diagnostics (United States).

  1. 1 Thomas C. Williams United States · #3,215,431 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at First Light Diagnostics (United States)

What are the most cited papers from First Light Diagnostics (United States)?

The most cited paper from First Light Diagnostics (United States) is "An ELISA-based high throughput protein truncation test for inherited breast cancer" (Mark Jyn-Huey Lim, Gabriel Foster, Sadanand Gite et al., 2010), with 29 citations. Next come "Is Maternal Progesterone Actually Independent of the Fetal Steroids?" (27) and "A Rapid, Accurate, Single Molecule Counting Method Detects Clostridium difficile Toxin B in Stool Samples" (20).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 An ELISA-based high throughput protein truncation test for inherited breast cancer Mark Jyn-Huey Lim, Gabriel Foster, Sadanand Gite et al. · Breast Cancer Research Open access 4 Oct 2010 29
2 Is Maternal Progesterone Actually Independent of the Fetal Steroids? Martin Hill, Antonı́n Pařı́zek, J.E. Jirásek et al. · Physiological Research Open access 2010 27
3 A Rapid, Accurate, Single Molecule Counting Method Detects Clostridium difficile Toxin B in Stool Samples Sadanand Gite, Destiny Archambault, Michael P. Cappillino et al. · Scientific Reports Open access 24 May 2018 20
4 Rapid pathogen identification and phenotypic antimicrobial susceptibility directly from urine specimens Larry Burg, Gretel Crewe, James J. Dimeo et al. · Scientific Reports Open access 15 Nov 2022 13
5 Astrophotonics: introduction to the feature issue Aline N. Dinkelaker, Aashia Rahman, Joss Bland‐Hawthorn et al. · Journal of the Optical Society of America B 17 Jun 2021 7
All 24 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does First Light Diagnostics (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics, Magnetic confinement fusion research, Energetic Materials and Combustion and High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior.

Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics: 1 fractional worksMagnetic confinement fusion research: 0 fractional worksEnergetic Materials and Combustion: 0 fractional worksHigh-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior: 0 fractional worksUltrasound and Cavitation Phenomena: 0 fractional worksCombustion and Detonation Processes: 0 fractional worksElectromagnetic Launch a…0Electromagnetic Launch and Propulsion Technology: 0 fractional worksHigh-pressure geophysics and materials: 0 fractional worksBiosensors and Analytical Detection: 0 fractional worksGeotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsMechanics of MaterialsMaterials ChemistryAerospace Engineering2 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 1 works
  2. 2 Magnetic confinement fusion research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 0 works
  3. 3 Energetic Materials and Combustion Mechanics of Materials 0 works
  4. 4 High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior Materials Chemistry 0 works
  5. 5 Ultrasound and Cavitation Phenomena Materials Chemistry 0 works
  6. 6 Combustion and Detonation Processes Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Electromagnetic Launch and Propulsion Technology Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 High-pressure geophysics and materials Geophysics 0 works
  9. 9 Biosensors and Analytical Detection Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering Mechanics of Materials 0 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available57.1%not open42.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors40.4%domestic only59.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has First Light Diagnostics (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 97% higher than in 2018-2021.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is First Light Diagnostics (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000028% in 2024.

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Fractional works of First Light Diagnostics (United States) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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